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putrescent

How many syllables in putrescent?

  3 syllables

Divide putrescent into syllables:   pu-tres-cent
Stressed syllable in putrescent:   pu-tres-cent
How to pronounce putrescent:   pyoo-tres-ent
How to say putrescent:

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